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MUCKRAKING NOT DEAD, NIEMAN REPORTS DECLARES

Feeling discouraged about the erosion of journalists' traditional role as watchdogs? Lighten up with the Spring 2008 issue of Nieman Reports, published by the foundation at Harvard University. Titled "21st Century Muckrakers: Who Are They? How Do They Do Their Work?" the issue includes nearly 50 articles chronicling the "Muckraker" tradition of American investigative journalism and documenting that muckraking is alive and well, even in today's digital age.

EPA Scientists Complain of Being Gagged, Political Pressure To Alter Science

Hundreds of EPA scientists are complaining that they are being pressured by political appointees who run EPA to alter their scientific findings to support the administration's deregulatory agenda, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Is USDA Switching Secrecy Strategy for Feedlot Phone Book?

House and Senate conferees have dropped from the 2007 Farm Bill language that would keep secret the names and addresses of feedlot operators. Faced with recent defeats in both Congress and the courts, the USDA and meat industry, both of whom seem determined to keep such information secret, may be shifting their strategy to trying to accomplish the same result by using Privacy Act regulations.

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MUCKRAKING NOT DEAD, NIEMAN REPORTS DECLARES

EPA Scientists Complain of Being Gagged, Political Pressure To Alter Science

Is USDA Switching Secrecy Strategy for Feedlot Phone Book?

5 Federal Agencies Charged With Lax Effort on Climate Change

Harmful Algal Blooms Now Lurk in All Costal Waters

Is That a Park or a Storm Sewer? Trick Question

Hot Times for Summer of 2007

FEDS to Release Vehicle Mileage Data

EPA Releases Science Data or Potential NO2 Standard Revision

Industry and Enviros Still Polarized on Mining Waste Rule

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